Inactive Members 4.1

[Bionic Rooster]

Same with me. When I go to www..../inactivemembers to see the total of members on the inactive list and request a test email to be sent I now get this notice:

It must be a permission issue as it works fine for me.

 

[Conduit]

It must be a permission issue as it works fine for me.

I am an admin with all boxes ticked 'allowed'.

The option worked while on version 3.6 and stopped as soon as I upgraded to 3.7.

 

[BobbyWibowo]

Same same. I tried to enter my user ID in the new option and manually run the cron job, but I didn't get any test mail either.

 

[thumped]

same problem - no permissions to access the page, and no Inactive Members permissions available to be selected. Cron job works.

 

[AndyB]

AndyB updated Inactive Members with a new update entry:

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Inactive Members v3.8 changes:

1) Removed no longer needed Route Prefix.
2) Added a check for valid Language ID.

Please note this add-on no longer supports running manually from URL. It will run by Cron Entry on the first of every month.

When upgrading I suggest deleting the entire Andy/InactiveMembers folder first that way you will not have any extra unneeded folders on your server.

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[thumped]

AndyB updated Inactive Members with a new update entry:

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thanks for the clarification!

 

[tommydamic68]

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Is there anyway around not just utilizing the cron job? I like to send this out to my liking.

 

[The Sandman]

Is there anyway around not just utilizing the cron job? I like to send this out to my liking.

Agree!

 

[Conduit]

Agree!

You can manually amend cron settings a few times a month to send out emails as many times as you wish. By default it is set for 1st of each month so the next scheduled run is on 1 Feb. You can amend it to 15 of Jan for instance, and run it a week later as well by setting to 23 of Jan following the completion of first run.

 

[Paridus]

What about sending the testmail?

 

[The Grand Potentate]

Is there anyway around not just utilizing the cron job? I like to send this out to my liking.

Agree!

can't you just disable the cron and go in and activate it when you want to send the email out?

 

[The Sandman]

can't you just disable the cron and go in and activate it when you want to send the email out?

Seriously? Sure, it would work but leaves open the possibility of the mailing going out when you don't want it to. I don't think there's a problem with having an optional cron setup but in my opinion there should be a completely manual alternative like there is now, bypassing any need for playing with the cron.

FWIW, I usually tweak the phrases before each mailing, so cron mode just doesn't work for me.

I could maybe understand not adding manual mode if it wasn't already part of the add-on, but it has been there since Inactive Members was released... why remove it?

 

[tommydamic68]

can't you just disable the cron and go in and activate it when you want to send the email out?

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Seriously? Sure, it would work but leaves open the possibility of the mailing going out when you don't want it to. I don't think there's a problem with having an optional cron setup but in my opinion there should be a completely manual alternative like there is now, bypassing any need for playing with the cron.

FWIW, I usually tweak the phrases before each mailing, so cron mode just doesn't work for me.

I could maybe understand not adding manual mode if it wasn't already part of the add-on, but it has been there since Inactive Members was released... why remove it?

 

[The Grand Potentate]

See? Told ya so.

 

[The Sandman]

In addition to what I've mentioned above, I also use the manual interface page to send out test emails and to create batches of email so they don't all go out at the same time (which can cause the browser page to time out during the send).

I won't be "updating" and will find a suitable alternative.

 

[kaieivindm]

Wait, so manually send test mail doesnt work any longer? Or am I totally missunderstanding here?

And the cron can be more than 1 day each month? By pressing ctrl and choose the dates you want?

//edit: got the info needed from Andy, all good.

 

[AndyB]

AndyB updated Inactive Members with a new update entry:

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Inactive Members v3.9 changes:

Corrected a typo in the Options page.

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[otto]

Hi Andy,

it would be more nice, when threads from the same forum would be grouped - it looks not so fine, when more than one thread comes from the same forum. Can we change this?

Thanks for the addon.

 

[otto]

I made it now so:



Think, that looks better as the original - better structured. And yes - I used a litle bit edited code from Andys similar addon "Weekly Digest". Works in my case best without the "author", but I think this more than ok.

Andys addon is a great litle tool to reanimate members.


My Payback for Andys work: German translation with hints (in german) to change the mail layout

 

[dehness]

Apologies if this has been asked previously, but is there any way to add a proper "unsubscribe" function to the emails? (one that doesn't necessitate logging in).

We have a number of disabled usergroups that prevent members from properly accessing the options to remove themselves from the mailing list.

This is also important to comply with more modern bulk emailing standards of practice and can help with deliverability.